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Four decades ago Richard Forthrast the black sheep of an Iowa family fled to a wild and lonely mountainous corner of British Columbia to avoid the draft Smuggling backpack loads of high grade marijuana across the border into Northern Idaho he quickly amassed an enormous and illegal fortune With plenty of time and money to burn he became addicted to an online fantasy game in which opposing factions battle for power and treasure in a vast cyber realm Like many serious gamers he began routinely purchasing virtual gold pieces and other desirables from Chinese gold farmers young professional players in Asia who accumulated virtual weapons and armor to sell to busy American and European buyers br br For Richard the game was the perfect opportunity to launder his aging hundred dollar bills and begin his own high tech start up a venture that has morphed into a Fortune computer gaming group Corporation with its own super successful online role playing game T Rain But the line between fantasy and reality becomes dangerously blurred when a young gold farmer accidently triggers a virtual war for dominance and Richard is caught at the center br br In this edgy st century tale Neal Stephenson one of the most ambitious and prophetic writers of our time returns to the terrain of his cyberpunk masterpieces i Snow Crash i and i Cryptonomicon i leading readers through the looking glass and into the dark heart of imagination, What would happen if the world were ending br br A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb In a feverish race against the inevitable nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere in outer space br br But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers until only a handful of survivors remain br br Five thousand years later their progeny seven distinct races now three billion strong embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time Earth br br A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision Neal Stephenson combines science philosophy technology psychology and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable As he did in Anathem Cryptonomicon the Baroque Cycle and Reamde Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring engrossing and altogether brilliant, Sangaman Taylor is Boston s modern day Paul Revere spreading the word from a horsepower Zodiac raft Embarrassing powerful corporations in highly telegenic ways is the perfect method of making enemies and Taylor has a collection that would do any rabble rouser proud, i Quicksilver i is the story of Daniel Waterhouse fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque era Europe in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty and where catastrophe natural or otherwise can alter the political landscape overnight br br It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of Half Cocked Jack Shaftoe London street urchin turned swashbuckling adventurer and legendary King of the Vagabonds risking life and limb for fortune and love while slowly maddening from the pox br br And it is the tale of Eliza rescued by Jack from a Turkish harem to become spy confidante and pawn of royals in order to reinvent Europe through the newborn power of finance br br A gloriously rich entertaining and endlessly inventive novel that brings a remarkable age and its momentous events to vivid life i Quicksilver i is an extraordinary achievement from one of the most original and important literary talents of our time br br This P S edition includes pages of supplementary materials br br Cover design by Richard L Aquan br Cover illustration from the Mary Evans Picture Library painting of Great Fire of London on stepback